Tremella species have fruiting bodies up to about 5 cm across, made up of a series of irregular, flattened lobes. There are several species reported from New Zealand. The white T. fuciformis is the most common, and in Asia is cultivated as an edible mushroom. Other New Zealand species include the yellow or orange-coloured T. lutescens, T. mesenterica and T. tawa, and the red-brown T. vesiculosa.

Saprobic on fallen wood.

A member of the Tremellales (the Order characterised by cruciately septate basidia, each sterigma having its own cell). The fruiting body convoluted, cerebriform, up to 3 cm tall, spores globose. Saprobic on wood.

Seven species have been reported from New Zealand. Only those listed below are treated in the Virtual Mycota.